Jessica Ennis-Hill Quotes

My entire life changed when I became a mother - my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.

Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.

Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.

Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

I've got kids now; it changes you radically.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

Being a father now puts life in perspective. My whole life it's all been about trying to win. And now I'm trying to make a better life for my son than I've had.

I'm only speaking for myself, but having a kid has put everything else in my life in perspective.

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realise how selfish you are.

Being a mom has changed me forever.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

Motherhood has most definitely changed me and my life. It's so crazy how drastic even the small details change - in such an amazing way. Even silly things, like the fact that all of my pictures on my cell phone used to be of me at photo shoots - conceited, I know! - but now every single picture on my phone is of Mason.

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

What having a child - and especially a daughter - has done is lifted more of the veil for me: allowed me to see things on another level compared to how I used to see them.

Motherhood has made me a much better person. I see everything from a new perspective - with a sense of wonderment.

Fatherhood has changed me, I've become more patient.

Fatherhood has gone and done much more than marriage. It has made me a far more responsible person.

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

I think parenthood does change your priorities quite drastically in an incredibly good way - most of the time.

I think more about the family now. That's an interesting progression for me.

Children change you. They really do.